This website highlights Randy Meisner's musical career and legacy. There are many posts related to Randy's history as the original bass player with the Eagles. There's also posts about his other bands (both before and after the Eagles) like: The Drivin' Dynamics; Soul Survivors; The Poor; Poco; Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band; Roberts Meisner Band; Meisner, Swan and Rich; The Silverados; World Classic Rockers; and his solo career.
The On the Border album was released Mar. 22, 1974. It's the third studio album by the Eagles and started out being produced by Glyn Johns at Olympic Studios in London. However, Bill Szymczyk finished the production at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. On the Border is the first album with Don Felder, although... Continue Reading →
The Eagles were at Cal Jam 74 on April 6, 1974. It was a 12-hour festival of eight bands and was recorded by ABC TV at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, CA (50 miles east of Los Angeles). Attendance was said to be 200,000, and this was part of the "On the Border" tour. It... Continue Reading →
Jeffrey Comanor opened for the Eagles concert at Texas A&M University in the G. Rollie White Coliseum on campus in College Station, TX. This concert was on Apr. 20, 1974 and was part of the university's Town Hall Series in cooperation with the Residence Hall Association. Texas A&M University Eagles concert The Battalion student newspaper... Continue Reading →
The Aragon Ballroom in Chicago was the location for the Eagles concert on Apr. 26, 1974. The Eagles shared the bill with the Marshall Tucker Band. The Eagles' encore of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" along with songs from their "Desperado" album were some of the high points of the evening. The Marshall Tucker Band was with... Continue Reading →
The New York Cortland Eagles concert was at the State University of New York on May 2, 1974. Opening the show in the PER Arena on campus for the Eagles was the Stanky Brown Group. The Eagles concert at State University of New York at Geneseo was a couple days later on May 4. Photos... Continue Reading →
The New York Geneseo Eagles concert at State University of New York in the Ice Arena was where the Eagles performed on May 4, 1974. Leo Kottke was the opening act. The Eagles concert at State University of New York at Cortland was a couple days earlier on May 2. State University of New York... Continue Reading →
Holiday Jam at the Miami Orange Bowl was on July 7, 1974. The Orange Bowl Stadium opened its gates for the first time ever for a rock concert. Leon Russell was the headliner, and six bands played, including the Eagles. There was attendance of 18,000. According to John Gellman, photographer, for the Miami Orange Bowl... Continue Reading →
The Eagles were at the Mississippi River Festival on July 17, 1974, which was sponsored by Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, IL. This was an annual festival, and the Eagles were also at the MRF in 1975. The first concert at the MRF was in 1969, and the last was in 1980. Both symphonies and... Continue Reading →
The Indiana University Eagles concert was in the I.U. Assembly Hall on September 1, 1974. The Eagles and Kansas opened for the Beach Boys. It was originally supposed to be an outdoor concert at the 10th Street Stadium, but rain changed the plans to an indoor concert in the Indiana University Assembly Hall. Eagles backstageNeil... Continue Reading →
The Eagles celebrated New Years Eve at the Shrine with friends Dan Fogelberg, JD Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Joe Walsh. According to the newspaper article, the Shrine Auditorum in Los Angeles was the place to be on New Years Eve. The Eagles know how to throw a party…and bananas. Joe Walsh wasn't a... Continue Reading →